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Associated Tube Group awarded GM
supplier quality excellence award
General Motors Co (GM), one of
the world’s largest automakers, has
awarded Associated Tube Group, a
division of Samuel, Son & Co, the 2014
GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award.
Associated Tube Group (ATG) has been
awarded this distinction three years
in a row. 80 suppliers in the USA and
Canada have achieved this distinction
since the Quality Excellence Award
was established by GM in 2012. The
award is based on supplier performance
for quality, on-time delivery, customer
support, and several other criteria.
ATG states that over the past few years
it has achieved performance excellence
based on its supply of the GM Gen
5 direct injection drawn-over-mandrel
(DOM) tubing to GM Components
Holdings LLC. “It has been a tough
few years for ATG to meet the
substantial demand for this GM engine
programme,” said August Noto, director
of global automotive sales for ATG. “But
we highly value our GM relationship and
our team has really pulled it together to
make it happen, time and time again.”
The GM Gen 5 V6 and V8 are the
primary engines for GM pickup trucks
and large SUVs.
Lee Cotterill, quality assurance manager
for ATG, commented, “Both Associated
Tube Canada (ATC) and Tubos Samuel
de México (TSM) are proud of what
we have achieved over the past few
years supplying direct injection DOM
tubes for various engine platforms. We
look forward to continuing its superior
level of excellence and quality for
the automotive industry in 2015 and
beyond.”
Associated Tube Group is a global
supplier of stainless steel and high nickel
alloy tubular products, with facilities in
Markham, Canada, and Saltillo, Mexico.
Founded over 50 years ago, ATG was
acquired by the Samuel Group in 1975.
ATG offers welded stainless steel tube
and pipe in straight lengths up to 100ft,
and coils up to 25,000ft. The group has
expertise in over fifty grades of stainless
steel and high nickel grades.
Samuel, Son & Co offers end-to-
end solutions in the distribution,
transportation, processing and
manufacturing of metals and industrial
products. Originally founded in Toronto,
Canada, in 1855, Samuel now operates
more than 105 service centre and
manufacturing locations.
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associated Tube Group – Canada
(from left) Lee Cotterill, ATG quality manager;
Christopher Naegeli, GM executive director;
and Paul Turpin, ATG sales manager,
automotive, at the award ceremony held in
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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products & developments
Pipeline monitoring solutions
UK engineering company Syrinix
has announced global shipments of
its pipeline monitoring solutions to
Mexico, the Middle East, Australia and
California. The company, which in 2014
saw its customer base grow within UK
utility companies, is now fielding interest
from around the world for all three of its
products.
The TrunkMinder product, which
delivers high-resolution automated
leak detection, location and notification
in critical densely populated areas, is
being shipped to Mexico, along with
BurstMinder – the real-time Burst
detector and locator.
First orders of the high-resolution
TransientMinder, which monitors
pressure and damaging water hammer,
are being shipped to the Middle East,
Australia and California.
Syrinix CEO James Dunning
commented, “It is testament to the
continued hard work of our innovative
team that our products are now gaining
exposure and visibility outside of our
home market.”
The company’s TrunkMinder provides
automated monitoring, including highly
sensitive leak detection and location
for high consequence and critical larger
diameter (9"/225mm+) supply pipelines.
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